Minutes of the Council of Deans Business Meeting, July 21, 2003, Minneapolis, Minnesota

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2003 by Murphy, Nanci

Need to increase primary ambulatory care residency training

Pharmacy education is eligible for a diversity cluster

AACP sent a letter to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) describing pharmacy's contributions to health care and expressing disapproval of their plan to decrease funding to hospital-based pharmacy residency programs.

Over 50 Congressional staff members attended a congressional staff briefing in April. Faculty and AACP staff spoke to attendees on a number of issues, including how pharmacy schools are a good resource in areas such as Medicare and bioterrorism.

Actively involved with Coalition on K-12 education .

Social Security Pharmacy Provider Act- Have not been successful in having pharmacists approved as providers, but medication management reimbursement is included in the House version. The Senate version does not have this language yet.

Senate 720 House Bill 663- In home care with bar code scanning with pharmacists

New officers were installed:

Dr. Robert Beardsley (Maryland), Chair

Dr. Vie Yanchick (VCU), Chair-elect

Dr. Holly Mason (Purdue), Secretary

Dr. Timothy Chan (USC), At-large Board Representative

Chair Beardsley's remarks:

Recognized Dean Speedie for her excellent work as Chair

Encouraged schools to bring teams (researchers, faculty, practitioners, staff members who are involved in governmental affairs) to the next Interim Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Plans on offering more roundtables at our meetings- Discuss strategies in common areas of interest: e.g., CEO, Associate Deans for Research, Associate Deans for Curriculum

Invited members to volunteer for the following Standing Committees:

1. Nominations

2. Resolutions

3. Joint Committee on Advocacy and Outcomes

4. Faculty Recruitment/Retention

5. Standing Rules

President Kerr's remarks:

AACP President Robert (Buzz) Kerr identified several areas in his agenda involving the COD:

1. Strategic planning -Where do we go from here? Identify specific areas targeted for action.

2. Recruitment and retention of faculty

3. Personal development of faculty- work with Chairs to link personal goals with mission of the college

4. What we are educating students to do is not what is happening in practice- Make pharmaceutical care the state of practice.

Dean Mary Ann Koda-Kimble expressed concern over the numbers of surveys sent to schools and colleges. She encouraged the Council to explore how we can best utilize the surveys to get information back to the Academy.

Dean Rosalie Sagraves congratulated Lucinda Maine on her one-year anniversary as Executive Vice President and thanked the AACP staff for their efforts in planning the Annual Meeting.

Dean Dick Gourley invited members to attend the Extension/Pharmacy Alliance for Community Health (EPACH programming Tuesday afternoon, july 23, at the University of Minnesota.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 pm.

Submitted by:

Nanci Murphy

Secretary